Nicholas, Bishop And Hieroconfessor Of Vyazniki

Bishop Nicholas (Nikolsky) was born on February 20, 1879. He was ordained to
the priesthood and was protopriest of the Orel Resurrection Church. In 1920 he
graduated from the Petrograd Theological Academy with the degree of candidate of
theology. On September 26 / October 9, 1921, he was consecrated bishop of Yeletz
by Bishop Seraphim (Ostroumov) and other bishops in Orel. He remained in Yeletz
until July 6/19, 1926, when he was deprived of his freedom until September, 1927.
It is possible that he was on Solovki during this period. According to one
source, he was in Butyrki prison from 1925 to June, 1926, and in exile in Tver
province from June, 1926 until 1928, when he was released without the right to
live in the six main cities of the U.S.S.R. In September, 1927 he became bishop
of Vyazniki. He refused to commemorate Metropolitan Sergius and belonged to the
"Danilovsky" group. According to one (dubious) source, in 1928 he expressed,
through the priest Theodore, his agreement with the decisions of the so-called
"Nomadic Council" of the Catacomb Church, but refused to sign them. He died in
Moscow on April 21 / May 4, 1928.